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i'm getting weary with the relentless attacks first on susan rice and now on hillary clinton. there's a whisper to it and it's getting, i think, washington orientated rather than in the national interest of america. what do you think? >> i think there are legitimate questions that still need to be answered. as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working on the investigation. director mueller was in libya and tunisia recently. i get disappointed when people give half of the story. the guy has been released. as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveillance within tunisia and following the rule of law and as more evidence becomes available, they are prepared to act on him again. i think as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to understand benghazi in the context of what's happening over the last few days to understand the evolving threat from al qaeda and to deal appropriately with that. >> dana loesch there were phone calls today that they would have been fired. do you agree with that?
i'm getting weary with the relentless attacks first on susan rice and now on hillary clinton. there's a whisper to it and it's getting, i think, washington orientated rather than in the national interest of america. what do you think? >> i think there are legitimate questions that still need to be answered. as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working on the investigation. director mueller was in libya and tunisia recently. i get disappointed when people give half of the story....
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you know, he backed away from the susan rice pick. he gave in on taxing the top income earners at the rate he wanted. and so far he's really just tiptoed kind of cautiously around gun control. so this a confident obama based on the agenda you're seeing or a caution one? >> reporter: focusing on foreign policy, i think you'd have to say this is a confident president obama right now. just consider the selections of chuck hagel, john kerry, even though it's not susan rice, but also john brennan compared to four years ago. jim jones did not work out. there was secretary gates at defense that was brought over from the bush administration before him. and so i think in many ways this sort of demonstrates that the president feels he'll put his imprint on foreign policy going forward from him. hillary clinton a choice that some may have viewed as a concession of secretary of state and worked out well for both sides. >> david, you know, chuck hagel has gotten some opposition from the left and the right. do you expect in a second term now electe
you know, he backed away from the susan rice pick. he gave in on taxing the top income earners at the rate he wanted. and so far he's really just tiptoed kind of cautiously around gun control. so this a confident obama based on the agenda you're seeing or a caution one? >> reporter: focusing on foreign policy, i think you'd have to say this is a confident president obama right now. just consider the selections of chuck hagel, john kerry, even though it's not susan rice, but also john...
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so john kerry not susan rice. earlier this week, the president announcing that former republican senator chuck hagel was his pick to be the next secretary of defense. so chuck hagel and not, say, michelle flournoy, the very highly regarded undersecretary of defense for policy. no word yet on who president obama has in mind to be his next secretary of labor, but hilda solis announced just this afternoon that she has handed in her resignation. that's another woman gone from the cabinet. the white house going out of its way to stress today right after the solis announcement exactly who in the cabinet plans to stay on at the start of the president's second term. they led their list with health secretary kathleen sebelius. earlier tried to press down on the lack of diversity in the cabinet. >>> the u.s. ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. again, this president has made two appointments to the supreme court, both of them women. and i think that his commitment -- >> you think that it is an unfair charge? >> w
so john kerry not susan rice. earlier this week, the president announcing that former republican senator chuck hagel was his pick to be the next secretary of defense. so chuck hagel and not, say, michelle flournoy, the very highly regarded undersecretary of defense for policy. no word yet on who president obama has in mind to be his next secretary of labor, but hilda solis announced just this afternoon that she has handed in her resignation. that's another woman gone from the cabinet. the white...
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and white house aidees point right to that, susan rice was on the short list to be secretary of state until she withdrew her name from nomination. and immediately aides said that put her on the short list some day to be national security advisor. that is a top job. she of course remains in the cabinet as do several other women and minorities. the president's closest and somewhat say most powerful advise certificate a woman, an african-american woman valerie jarrett and white house aidees point out that the white house has more women than men. they also say stay tuned, the president has more personnel decisions to announce. >> pelley: john, thanks very much. the cdc said today that the nationwide flu epidemic has now taken the lives of 20 children. flu is widespread in 45 states. the white housebreak is straining hospitals. and today the makers of flu vaccine and tamiflu say they are running short of both. michelle miller is in boston where a health care emergency has been declared. >> reporter: elsie santa wago-- santiago came to the emergency room at massachusetts general hospital th
and white house aidees point right to that, susan rice was on the short list to be secretary of state until she withdrew her name from nomination. and immediately aides said that put her on the short list some day to be national security advisor. that is a top job. she of course remains in the cabinet as do several other women and minorities. the president's closest and somewhat say most powerful advise certificate a woman, an african-american woman valerie jarrett and white house aidees point...
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rice. >> absolutely. >> some of those people were silent about susan rice on the left. so i think i have pains for the right and the left on this. i think the real issue today is, you know, if you look at the president's cabinet and those people who are closest to him, those people who have the most influence, someone like a valerie jarrett, i mean, i think that speaks volumes for how this president -- what this president's vision is about and how he expects to execute on that vision. >> yes, indeed. karen, if i may, in fact, to both of you, i want to show you a picture of the white house press corps who was grilling the spokesman about diversity. >> it is the truth that in most news rooms in this town the picture is going to look more like that than the kind of diversity we would want to see. again, that's why i keep coming back to this point. there is a bigger issue here. the bigger issue, and that's pasht of this why president's policies matter so much, it's not just about who is in the white house but also what policies are being passed that ensure that pathways are
rice. >> absolutely. >> some of those people were silent about susan rice on the left. so i think i have pains for the right and the left on this. i think the real issue today is, you know, if you look at the president's cabinet and those people who are closest to him, those people who have the most influence, someone like a valerie jarrett, i mean, i think that speaks volumes for how this president -- what this president's vision is about and how he expects to execute on that...
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. >> noticing that three days after susan rice's appearance on those sunday shows, the white house put out information that this was a terrorist attack. the president questioned the logic and the motivation of those fanning the flames of the alleged scandal. >> the whole issue of this, of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. who executes some sort of cover-up or effort to tamp things down for three days? so the whole thing defies logic, and the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations. >> the president's defiance extended to calling these political games and a political circus, and that a great dishonor to our diplomats. joining us now from the white house, cnbc chief washington correspondent, john harwood. political writer for "the new york times". john, the president was exasperated by what he called the political circus around bengha benghazi. i want to start with the irs issue. the president calling the alleged bias in targeting conservative groups ju s outrag. a blunt condemnation. how far did
. >> noticing that three days after susan rice's appearance on those sunday shows, the white house put out information that this was a terrorist attack. the president questioned the logic and the motivation of those fanning the flames of the alleged scandal. >> the whole issue of this, of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. who executes some sort of cover-up or effort to tamp things down for three days? so the whole thing defies logic, and the fact...
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susan rice is still around but a pr disaster for the white house. on the front page of "new york times," not something you want to do as trying to get your second term rolling and get a head start in to a year full of budget fights. >> right. especially an election and very critical of the other side's lack of diversity. valerie jarrett's leg was in night's photo. >> that's important. >> are we going to hear pushback on this nomination at all from the left? lew has less wall street -- fewer wall street ties than geithner an he was a coo at citigroup. he said during the 2010 crisis he didn't believe financial deregulation was a proximate cause of the crisis. will we see pushback from the left on this confirmation? >> we saw barney sanders of vermont say he's against the nomination but there's another problem, too. house republicans who are the only republicans in control in town really almost despise jack lew, do not see him as an honest broker and someone to work with and a story on politico tomorrow i'm working on puts a nail in the coffin on tax r
susan rice is still around but a pr disaster for the white house. on the front page of "new york times," not something you want to do as trying to get your second term rolling and get a head start in to a year full of budget fights. >> right. especially an election and very critical of the other side's lack of diversity. valerie jarrett's leg was in night's photo. >> that's important. >> are we going to hear pushback on this nomination at all from the left? lew has...
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>> susan rice was. >> equally qualified as john kerry? >> i think so. >> fair enough. >> she was just one. michelle flournoy would have been. >> i think they were just pushing against kerry. against hagel. >> against hagel and be a con train to the president. >> one of the most important people in the president's inner circle in the first term was nancy-ann deparle. had it not been for her they wouldn't have passed the health care bill. she was absolutely indispensable. she's leaving, however. >> the great irony is nobody's more powerful in the inner circle than a woman. valerie jarrett. he's known her a long time. she was an executive in chicago. he knows her well. this is an argument we'll have in america and we should always. >> and we'll judge him by the final results. i'll put that out there. >> thank you. >>> up next, press secretary -- let's take a look at the guy who's a far out guy. steve stockman who was an ally when he was first elected and now is in the mainstream of the republican party. the republican party has moved from ma
>> susan rice was. >> equally qualified as john kerry? >> i think so. >> fair enough. >> she was just one. michelle flournoy would have been. >> i think they were just pushing against kerry. against hagel. >> against hagel and be a con train to the president. >> one of the most important people in the president's inner circle in the first term was nancy-ann deparle. had it not been for her they wouldn't have passed the health care bill. she was...
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valerie jarrett, secretary of state hillary clinton, susan rice. let's not forget that the two people that he appointed to the supreme court are both women. so i think that what happened here when you have the roll-out of the nominees, that they all happen to be white men made for what was a very easy story to do, but i think it's overstated. i think that there's plenty of diversity in the white house, and the president is committed to it. in terms of insularity. i think the president does have people who he depends on and who he can trust. i don't think that he is so beholden to the people who have been around him for a long time that he is not going outside to other voices. you don't hear about the phone calls that he makes and the meetings that he has with people who aren't from his inner circle. sometimes you do. sometimes you don't. he does really spend a lot of time on the phone and with people who are outside the circle in order to make some hard decisions. >> he calls people that don't have the same opinions. at the very least. >> he does.
valerie jarrett, secretary of state hillary clinton, susan rice. let's not forget that the two people that he appointed to the supreme court are both women. so i think that what happened here when you have the roll-out of the nominees, that they all happen to be white men made for what was a very easy story to do, but i think it's overstated. i think that there's plenty of diversity in the white house, and the president is committed to it. in terms of insularity. i think the president does have...
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ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. you know, again, i could go through the list. this president has appointed -- has made two appointments to the supreme court both of them women. i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it's an unfair charge? >> i think that the record speaks for itself. >> the record does speak for itself, doesn't it? joining me now for our daily fix, chris alissa, msnbc contributor managing editor of post politics.com, msnbc's white house correspondent kristen welker and washington post opinion columnist ruth marcus. ruth, i got to start with you because of the headline writers on your column -- >> thank you very much. copy desk. >> the headline was? >> binders full of women. >> beaninders full of women. what is going on here? that is the question that a lot of people are asking. >> it doesn't look so attractive. no disrespect to the looks of it. men involved. i am not a fan of bean counting and counting up numbers of women and numbers of minorities, but it is striking and it is disconcerting and it is disappointing to see in the big f
ambassador to the united nations is susan rice. you know, again, i could go through the list. this president has appointed -- has made two appointments to the supreme court both of them women. i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it's an unfair charge? >> i think that the record speaks for itself. >> the record does speak for itself, doesn't it? joining me now for our daily fix, chris alissa, msnbc contributor managing editor of post politics.com, msnbc's white...
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thesen mind, by the way, so-called talking points that were prepared for susan rice five or six days after the event occurred, much matched the assessments i was receiving at that time in my presidential daily briefing. and keep in mind to to three days after susan rice appeared on the sunday shows using these talking points which have in the source of all this controversy, i sent up the head of our national counterterrorism up to capitol hill and specifically said it was an act of terrorism and that extremist elements inside libya had been involved in it. ourhis was some effort on part to try to downplay what had happened or tamp it down, that would be a pretty odd thing that three days later, we end up putting out all the information that has served as the basis for it may have included elements that were planned by extremists inside libya. who execute some sort of cover- up or effort to tamp things down for three days? the whole thing defies logic and the fact that this keeps on getting turned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations. we have had folks who have cha
thesen mind, by the way, so-called talking points that were prepared for susan rice five or six days after the event occurred, much matched the assessments i was receiving at that time in my presidential daily briefing. and keep in mind to to three days after susan rice appeared on the sunday shows using these talking points which have in the source of all this controversy, i sent up the head of our national counterterrorism up to capitol hill and specifically said it was an act of terrorism...
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you saw the president's national security adviser, susan rice. you saw the u.n. ambassador, samantha power speaking there as well, making the case about chemical weapons in particular, how alleged chemical weapons use is a qualitatively different matter for the united states than anything else that has been going on in syria's horrible civil war. the president for his part tonight, you heard savannah ask him about the congressional vote on using military force in syria, the president saying i would not say that i am confident about that vote. things are moving so fast now. things moved on this so fast today that you actually have to note that that interview was done before the senate postponed its vote. the senate tonight decided to postpone its vote. they had been due to vote on the syria issue wednesday. that plan changed today after all the options on the table seemed to change. now that russia and syria have unexpectedly pounced on john kerry's remark that syria might avoid a u.s. military strike by handing over and destroying all its chemical weapons, now th
you saw the president's national security adviser, susan rice. you saw the u.n. ambassador, samantha power speaking there as well, making the case about chemical weapons in particular, how alleged chemical weapons use is a qualitatively different matter for the united states than anything else that has been going on in syria's horrible civil war. the president for his part tonight, you heard savannah ask him about the congressional vote on using military force in syria, the president saying i...
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hicks, to the sunday talk shows and ambassador susan rice. she blamed this attack on a video. in fact, she did it five different times. what was your reaction to that? >> i was stunned. my jaw dropped. and i was embarrassed. >> hicks, who served as ambassador stevens second in command, said he was demoted for questioning the administration's actions. he referenced an angry phone call he received from the chief of staff to then secretary of state hillary clinton who, according to him, was upset that he spoke with a republican congressman without a state department lawyer present at the meeting. >> what did she have to say to you? >> she demanded a report on the visit. >> was she upset by the fact this lawyer -- this -- >> was upset. >> this boibt babysitter and spy, was she upset about that fact? >> she was very upset. >> this goes right to the person next to secretary clinton, is that accurate? >> yes, sir. >> mr. chairman, here is a guy with 22 years of outstanding service to our country. now they are obstructing because he won't -- he won't help them cover this up, he's an h
hicks, to the sunday talk shows and ambassador susan rice. she blamed this attack on a video. in fact, she did it five different times. what was your reaction to that? >> i was stunned. my jaw dropped. and i was embarrassed. >> hicks, who served as ambassador stevens second in command, said he was demoted for questioning the administration's actions. he referenced an angry phone call he received from the chief of staff to then secretary of state hillary clinton who, according to...
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. >> reporter: while ambassador susan rice told nbc news in december that mrs. clinton did not ameer on the sunday talk show september 16th suggesting it was because of her grueling travel schedule we heard something quite different from mrs. clinton yesterday. >> i have to confess here in public, going on the sunday shows is not my favorite thing to do. there are other things i'd prefer to do on sunday mornings, and, you know, i haven't been on a sunday show in way over a year. >> reporter: it's also worth noting that there was one significant shift in mrs. clinton's testimony yesterday between her first appearance at the senate and then in the house later in the afternoon. when she appeared before the house she conceded that she was aware of some of the incidents in benghazi leading up to the attack, specifically an attack on the cans lit in june where an improvised explosive device blew an eight-foot wide hole in a concrete wall. so it's important to parse that testimony. >> thank you for that update. bill: we will take you to washington where there is breaki
. >> reporter: while ambassador susan rice told nbc news in december that mrs. clinton did not ameer on the sunday talk show september 16th suggesting it was because of her grueling travel schedule we heard something quite different from mrs. clinton yesterday. >> i have to confess here in public, going on the sunday shows is not my favorite thing to do. there are other things i'd prefer to do on sunday mornings, and, you know, i haven't been on a sunday show in way over a year....
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now we're hearing a different things. >> this is what susan rice couldn't say, and we live in a world that she couldn't say. i don't think what she said was too far off. they didn't know then. it would have been refreshing i wish we lived in a world where they would say, it's just a couple of days old. we don't know what happened. we might know in ten days or a month. obviously, and what's is clear they want to get at this was a massive security failure. >> and the authorities said that. this is not news. again, let's have a little context of bush and reagan did this, but this was the republican party who tried to stone wall the 9/11 commission. president reagan saw three separate situations. this was a single event and fox news was talking about bringing back watergate, and they're talking about how the whistle blower's lives are in danger. there might be some truth this week but let's put in context what we've been dealing with for seven and eight months. >> cenk: i don't want anybody to get me wrong. this is not trading arms for hostages. at the same time i think what happened was
now we're hearing a different things. >> this is what susan rice couldn't say, and we live in a world that she couldn't say. i don't think what she said was too far off. they didn't know then. it would have been refreshing i wish we lived in a world where they would say, it's just a couple of days old. we don't know what happened. we might know in ten days or a month. obviously, and what's is clear they want to get at this was a massive security failure. >> and the authorities said...
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ambassador of the united nations is susan rice. again, i could go through the list. this president has appointed -- has made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> is that -- >> i think the record speaks for itself. >> sheri, you can tell they're aware of what's being said. they released a photo. take a look at this with female advisers in the pitting because everyone was talking about this other picture. ten advisers in the room with the president during the fiscal cliff negotiations. and you don't have to stare it to know they're all men. how much is an optics problem and how much is a very real problem? >> i think the majority of the problem is optical and also a communications issue. even if you look at the timing of the rollout, some of his previous nominees. look at the chuck hagel nominee. they've been hanging them out to dry essentially. and for members of congress to have their opportunity to throw shots at them. it's been rather interesting and rare that the transition has been so bumpy, especiall
ambassador of the united nations is susan rice. again, i could go through the list. this president has appointed -- has made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> is that -- >> i think the record speaks for itself. >> sheri, you can tell they're aware of what's being said. they released a photo. take a look at this with female advisers in the pitting because everyone was talking about this other picture. ten...
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susan rice from becoming secretary of state. i have great regard for senator hagel and i think he's a great choice. jack lew, women qualified for the positions? absolutely. >> do you believe that there is some meeting happens right now to try to appropriately deal with this? i mean, no one wants the job just based on the gender or color. you want to say i earned my way in this and we know the realities of doors opened and closed in our nation's past to women, to people of color. do you think given the situation, the exposure there's serious talk behind the scenes at the white house? >> absolutely. i think that's right. there's some serious talk about how to fill out the rest of the cabinet. you saw the white house rush to essentially say, hey, wait a minute, we have the folks staying. holder and sebelius but to me in some ways they weren't in tune to this initially going in to this and only speaks to the lack ofdy rersty. no one in that room to say, listen, maybe we have a problem with the optics with rolling out all of these wh
susan rice from becoming secretary of state. i have great regard for senator hagel and i think he's a great choice. jack lew, women qualified for the positions? absolutely. >> do you believe that there is some meeting happens right now to try to appropriately deal with this? i mean, no one wants the job just based on the gender or color. you want to say i earned my way in this and we know the realities of doors opened and closed in our nation's past to women, to people of color. do you...
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he's choosing the fight over hagel, in part i'm sure because he gave up on susan rice. why didn't he do it for her? >> it's possible he never was for susan the way others were. there really was a split in that white house. >> it looked like it had touched a personal cord with him when she was being criticized. may be separate from whether he wanted her for the job. i think the attitude is what's driving this on hagel. and i think his comfort level, his knowledge that if he's going to deal with defense budget cuts, he wants a republican in there. i'm not sure as andrea mitchell has pointed out that having somebody who seems to have such a difficult relationship with republicans is the best one to lead that fight. >> well, no, it is sort of the idea in what's in practice seemed to be two different things. watching republican reaction here. so jeff sessions, senator from alabama, says he's going to put a hold on jack lew. lindsey graham says he's going to put a hold on john brennan. are they going to have to say guys, you have to pick one. you can't fight them all because
he's choosing the fight over hagel, in part i'm sure because he gave up on susan rice. why didn't he do it for her? >> it's possible he never was for susan the way others were. there really was a split in that white house. >> it looked like it had touched a personal cord with him when she was being criticized. may be separate from whether he wanted her for the job. i think the attitude is what's driving this on hagel. and i think his comfort level, his knowledge that if he's going...
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and susan rice's name is now floated as potential national security adviser. i think a lot of people are thinking her as the lazarus of the political world coming back from the grave. the president is making way in these inroads. >> michael: it reminds me of richard nixon when he was criticized by the same thing. he said well, my first lady is a woman. great. >> great. >> michael: right, exactly. in your blog you wrote about how the g.o.p. responded to what congressman don young said last week. >> my father had a ranch. we hired 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. it takes two people to pick tomatoes now. >> michael: it's shocking every time i hear it. why was the g.o.p. response ♪ noteworthy. >> because it would not have happened five years ago. can you imagine them throwing him under the bus just five hours after this happened five years ago? when rick perry uncovered that rock with the "n" word that i'm not going to say. it wasn't his rock, but there was this attitude. but i say bravo. it's a testament to the changing face of america. and if they don't ge
and susan rice's name is now floated as potential national security adviser. i think a lot of people are thinking her as the lazarus of the political world coming back from the grave. the president is making way in these inroads. >> michael: it reminds me of richard nixon when he was criticized by the same thing. he said well, my first lady is a woman. great. >> great. >> michael: right, exactly. in your blog you wrote about how the g.o.p. responded to what congressman don...
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ambassador of the united nations susan rice. you know, again, i can go through the list. this president has appointed -- made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it is unfir charge? >> i think the record speaks for itself. >> one thing, though, just have to wonder some of our -- wondered aloud why there hadn't been a second-term transition director that said hey, you are about nominate five white men in a row, do you want to come up -- do some of your other appointment first? sprinkle it in, show diversity of appointments. it just seems that the -- this has been a little bit mismanaged or hole plugging in, if you will. lot of this has to do, yes, with all of the attention on the fiscal cliff. but clearly, this all -- this part of it has been dropped to what is probably for the white house communications office an annoying story to deal with. moving on, today vice president's task force on gun violence has a full day of meetings scheduled with hunters, gun owners and members of the video game and
ambassador of the united nations susan rice. you know, again, i can go through the list. this president has appointed -- made two appointments to the supreme court. both of them women. and i think that his commitment to -- >> do you think it is unfir charge? >> i think the record speaks for itself. >> one thing, though, just have to wonder some of our -- wondered aloud why there hadn't been a second-term transition director that said hey, you are about nominate five white men...
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ambassador susan rice used in the sunday talk shows and why clinton herself didn't appear instead. clinton is likely to tell congress how she already has ordered implementation of recommendations from an independent review. tightened security at diplomatic posts worldwide and send threat analysts to a dozen high risk posts. will congress give the outgoing secretary of state a hard time? >> i'm sure she's not beaten up. highly respected by everybody on the committee. >> and there can also be -- we are told more questioning on more recent events. that would include algeria. hostage taking just last week. after all, an al qaeda linked group believed to have a hand in that. and republicans might say that president obama was wrong when he said al qaeda is on the run. soledad. >> jill dougherty, thank you, jill. ahead at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. cnn will bring you special live coverage of secretary clinton's testimony. wolf blitzer and jake tapper will break it down. and we'll continue to talk about this with california republican ed royce, chair of the committee before which the secretar
ambassador susan rice used in the sunday talk shows and why clinton herself didn't appear instead. clinton is likely to tell congress how she already has ordered implementation of recommendations from an independent review. tightened security at diplomatic posts worldwide and send threat analysts to a dozen high risk posts. will congress give the outgoing secretary of state a hard time? >> i'm sure she's not beaten up. highly respected by everybody on the committee. >> and there can...
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i think more of a problem for susan rice who wants to move into the white house and not a confirmable post but it might have been embarrassing. i think it's rather clear she misled people that sunday afterwards. the notion of some huge cover-up or some huge scandal or as one republican senator put it this is worse than watergate. no. it is a terrible and it was a tragedy. >> i think you said ten times as bad as watergate and the black plague. >> maybe combined. >> you put that altogether -- it's not even august, cokie! >> and it's not 2014 yet! >> and the birds are circling. dick cheney is stepping in and energize the democratic base as well. >> i don't think it helps the republicans a lot to have dick cheney stepping in, frankly. but, look. the state department and the white house have screwed up here. they didn't -- they didn't need to do this. >> right. >> and abc's john carl has a report out this morning gone through the e-mails and see that victoria newland changes the talking points and, of course, the white house said nobody changed the talking points and they all came from the
i think more of a problem for susan rice who wants to move into the white house and not a confirmable post but it might have been embarrassing. i think it's rather clear she misled people that sunday afterwards. the notion of some huge cover-up or some huge scandal or as one republican senator put it this is worse than watergate. no. it is a terrible and it was a tragedy. >> i think you said ten times as bad as watergate and the black plague. >> maybe combined. >> you put that...
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susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i'm asking do you care -- >> do you care -- i'm asking you. do you care -- i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? do you have the reasons for that? shouldn't people be held accountable. >> you said there was a cover up. a cover up of what? >> of the information of concerning the deaths of four brave americans. >> senator mccain has no clue what cover up he's even talking about. and just listen to his buddy, lindsey graham solution to the debt. >> if you want to look at ways to find $1.2 trillion over the next decade, let's look at obama care. >> oh, yeah, the answer to it all. the answer to all life problems. repeal health care. >> they've said no to every idea i've proposed. every policy i've proposed. even ideas they've traditionally agree withed. we've had situations where they would sponsor bills, i'd say okay, they said oh, if you're okay with it, we're against it. >> it's true. and now members of their own party are letting everyone know what it's all about. it
susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i'm asking do you care -- >> do you care -- i'm asking you. do you care -- i'm asking you, do you care whether four americans died? do you have the reasons for that? shouldn't people be held accountable. >> you said there was a cover up. a cover up of what? >> of the information of concerning the deaths of four brave americans. >> senator mccain has no clue what cover up he's even talking about. and just listen to his buddy,...
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as far as the speed of it, i think they drew a lesson from what happened to susan rice. she hung out there twisting on the vine. they didn't marshall the forces. she didn't have a lot of public defenders. this is the opposite of that. this is an organized, quick campaign. they want to batten down the hatches and basically make him safe for people to vote for and move forward with it and get the controversy behind them. >> let's talk about another big event that happened this week, another shoe that dropped, general powell this sunday. let's look at general powell on our own "meet the press" and the way he went at this very directly. he was very pointed here in the middle of what we're going to show you, very pointed for a politician to talk with this kind of exquisiteness. let's listen. >> a lot of my friends in the community who are of a more rightist persuasion, ones who have been hawking -- the hawks -- >> well, the hawks, do you think they're out of line in their criticism? >> no, they're fair criticisms. they can make all the criticisms they want. when they go over
as far as the speed of it, i think they drew a lesson from what happened to susan rice. she hung out there twisting on the vine. they didn't marshall the forces. she didn't have a lot of public defenders. this is the opposite of that. this is an organized, quick campaign. they want to batten down the hatches and basically make him safe for people to vote for and move forward with it and get the controversy behind them. >> let's talk about another big event that happened this week, another...
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>> well, in this particular case, the hagel nomination, as well as to an extent the susan rice nomination, which didn't even get off the ground, there are a group of these neoconservative organizations that are all affiliated to some extent with bill kristol, the weekly standard editor, that have spent a fair amount of money but more to the point have really leveraged the media and their own media platforms to make these into real controversies and to make them into real fights. a lot of people are saying, well, the fact that president obama did, in fact, nominate chuck hagel as opposed to susan rice who never got nominated, shows that these neocons are behind it. i don't think that's right. i think the neoconservatives are fighting a turf war within the republican party to make sure that the dominant foreign policy within the republican party remains a very hawkish one, and i do think we'll see some sort of squabbles on the floor of the senate or in the confirmation hearings for senator hagel to that effect. >> dana, is this hagel fight really about his views on israel, for example, and
>> well, in this particular case, the hagel nomination, as well as to an extent the susan rice nomination, which didn't even get off the ground, there are a group of these neoconservative organizations that are all affiliated to some extent with bill kristol, the weekly standard editor, that have spent a fair amount of money but more to the point have really leveraged the media and their own media platforms to make these into real controversies and to make them into real fights. a lot of...
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he wanted to nominate susan rice. i won't beat him up on this. he hates women, trying to take away the -- he said that romney caused cancer in one woman. the attacks were absurd. >> bob: there are 3,500 political appointees in the administration. in that neighborhood. i would bet you, i asked them for this but i didn't get an answer because i'm last in line to get answers. i bet there are more women appointees than any other administration. >> kimberly: talk about this. can i get a full screen up. women in the cabinet. look at this. obama, nine through his first term. george w. bush, ten. clinton, 17. oh, clinton is the winner again. >> andrea: why does it matter like eric said, it's about who is qualified. >> eric: that is unfair. put the full screen back up. put the full screen back up. nine through the first term. so if he, if valerie jarret leaves and soliz leaves and replace it with two more females. >> dana: elaine chow served for the entire eight years as the secretary of labor. >> bob: that is an unusual situation. >> kimberly: guys, this
he wanted to nominate susan rice. i won't beat him up on this. he hates women, trying to take away the -- he said that romney caused cancer in one woman. the attacks were absurd. >> bob: there are 3,500 political appointees in the administration. in that neighborhood. i would bet you, i asked them for this but i didn't get an answer because i'm last in line to get answers. i bet there are more women appointees than any other administration. >> kimberly: talk about this. can i get a...
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one of the reasons he's stuck with hagel is he ditched susan rice. there was a sense you couldn't pull the plug on two consecutive nominees. that doesn't mean he was backing hagel once to begin with. but once the name was floated out there, it would look bad if he pulled the plog plug on him. >> is that reporting or is that -- >> that's reporting. >> good for you. the president was sort of preparing the battlefield. if there's a failure to pay bills, don't look at both sides. none of the malarkey and cliches. will that work its way into news coverage? will people begin to buy the president's shaping of the battlefield? >> well, it seems like that has happened every time. that republicans get more of the blame when we have these sorts of, you know, end of the night deals that have to get made. because they have been doing a bit of foot dragging. so he definitely is laying down the rhetoric. i think one of the things he said in that process conference which i think people will resonate with which is this idea if you go out and buy an expensive meal, yo
one of the reasons he's stuck with hagel is he ditched susan rice. there was a sense you couldn't pull the plug on two consecutive nominees. that doesn't mean he was backing hagel once to begin with. but once the name was floated out there, it would look bad if he pulled the plog plug on him. >> is that reporting or is that -- >> that's reporting. >> good for you. the president was sort of preparing the battlefield. if there's a failure to pay bills, don't look at both sides....
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ambassador susan rice and whether it was a terrorist attack or not a terrorist attack, but i expect the tone to be different than we would imagine it being if she had testified before she fell ill. she only has a couple of days before senator kerry is expected to take over. i can see republicans going a little bitier but still being tough, but have some sense of the key issue answered how we're going to protect our diplomats in these dangerous areas abroad. >> michael: i'm less optimistic. i think 2016 will begin tomorrow when she's testifying before those republicans. jeannine zacharias, thank you for joining us in "the war room." >>> looking ahead to president obama's inauguration, brett erlich was watching movies at sundance. one starred dick cheney. brett's next. whatever your moves. payday. fill up and go! >> michael: some disappointing news. to golf fans the world over phil mickelson is simply known as lefty. he have a spoiler alert for you. this is because of his golf swing not his politics. this became clear over the weekend when mickelson sounded off on new tax code. he warned
ambassador susan rice and whether it was a terrorist attack or not a terrorist attack, but i expect the tone to be different than we would imagine it being if she had testified before she fell ill. she only has a couple of days before senator kerry is expected to take over. i can see republicans going a little bitier but still being tough, but have some sense of the key issue answered how we're going to protect our diplomats in these dangerous areas abroad. >> michael: i'm less...
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not the way that they fought for susan rice. they did not fight for susan rice. they're going to fight for chuck hagel. the stories have come out already. i find it sort of interesting that they're ready for the fight. they got all of the stuff out there early. it's gone. it's past. but they're willing to fight for hagel. >> this is obviously an issue where the president his advisers, the white house has decided this is where we want to spend our political capital. i don't think it is a fight they would have waited if they didn't think they could win it. do they not think they have the votes to get him confirmed through what will be entertaining confirmation hearings. i will be sure to bring the popcorn. >> this is a winning fight for them. susan rice might not have been a winning fight. they might have filibustered susan rice. that would have been deemed a loss for them. so they floated hagel out. most important thing here, democrats getting -- barney frank criticizing hagel for his remark in 1998 about homosexuals. he's backtracking. senator charles sumer certa
not the way that they fought for susan rice. they did not fight for susan rice. they're going to fight for chuck hagel. the stories have come out already. i find it sort of interesting that they're ready for the fight. they got all of the stuff out there early. it's gone. it's past. but they're willing to fight for hagel. >> this is obviously an issue where the president his advisers, the white house has decided this is where we want to spend our political capital. i don't think it is a...